"Tch..." Ji Chen scoffed coldly, quickly finished chopping the duck, and then went to the vegetable garden to help plant vegetables.
Seeing his hurried departure, Jiang Xue sighed and patted her chest, "Thank goodness, thank goodness."
Thinking that they were living under the same roof, if he really had any ulterior motives, she would have to mediate. This kind of revolutionary friendship was the best.
She took an earthenware pot, picked up a few pieces of duck meat and a duck leg, put them in the pot, and added two red dates, thinking that she would give one to each of the two little ones and make some duck soup for them.
For the workers' meals, Jiang Xue prepared chopped millet peppers and then chopped half a plate of dried chili peppers.
After sautéing scallions, ginger, and garlic in oil until fragrant, add millet peppers and dried chili peppers, stir-fry briefly, and then add the chopped fresh duck.
Stir-fry until the moisture evaporates and the duck fat is rendered, then add simple seasonings such as cooking wine, light soy sauce, and dark soy sauce.
Seeing that the duck meat had changed color, she poured in a bottle of beer.
While the duck was stewing, she changed the two children into clean and fresh clothes.
She's been incredibly busy lately, and her two children have visibly lost weight. Fortunately, she's managed to accomplish something during this time, managing to get all the work done. Now that she finally has some free time, she's thinking of giving her two children a good rest.
"Boss, are you home?"
Jiang Xue smelled the girl and quickly came out of the room. She saw Aunt Zhou holding one child in her arms and holding the other's hand. The two children were about ten years apart in age.
"My husband hit me again. Could you please look after my child?"
Jiang Xue looked at Aunt Zhou, whose eyes were red, swollen, and bloodshot, and who had lost all of the arrogance she had shown when they first met. She guessed that Aunt Zhou had been beaten quite badly this time.
"Okay, where do you want to go?"
"I have something to do, I'll be back in a bit."
Aunt Zhou placed the child in Jiang Xue's hands and then returned the way she came. Jiang Xue always felt something was off.
She quickly called Ji Chen over and put the child she was holding into Ji Chen's hands, saying, "You watch the pot, and turn off the heat when it's almost done."
Ji Chen nodded blankly, seeing Jiang Xue running anxiously towards the village entrance.
Gu Xiaohei walked over with a long face. "Big brother, you might as well just stay home and take care of the kids and cook from now on. Why do you still go out and take on jobs? You don't even have time to do them."
Ji Chen was vaguely worried, so he put the child in Gu Xiaohei's hands and said, "Keep an eye on the pot, there's a fire."
Upon hearing this, Gu Xiaohei immediately perked up, "Go ahead, I'll keep an eye on things here, you can go without worry."
Ji Chen was about to catch up with Jiang Xue when he said, "Wait for me."
What brings you here?
While curious, Jiang Xue did not stop and hurried forward.
Where are you going?
“I feel like something’s wrong with Aunt Zhou. She wasn’t like this before. I feel like something bad is going to happen.”
Just now, Aunt Zhou gave Jiang Xue the impression of entrusting her child to someone, but the way she turned back seemed to be full of resentment and anger.
She was worried that if Aunt Zhou did something rash, then everything would be over, and she couldn't just stand by and watch her die.
Ji Chen quickly led Jiang Xue to Aunt Zhou's house, where they saw Zhou Shenzi holding a kitchen knife, and the ugly man was so frightened that he kept backing away.
"You spendthrift woman, what are you doing? Don't you want to live a good life anymore?"
"Yes, if you won't let me have an easy time, why should I let you have an easy time? Today I'm going to fight you to the death."
Seeing the cleaver about to fall on the man's head, Jiang Xue rushed forward, but Ji Chen was faster and snatched the cleaver away.
"What are you doing? Murder is illegal, don't you know that?"
"Murder! Murder! These three people are trying to kill me! They conspired to kill me!" the man shouted shamelessly.
Just then, the village secretary happened to pass by and saw the kitchen knife in Ji Chen's hand and the bloodstains on the ground, realizing that something was wrong.
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